Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-04-18
RahUay.s Dark Mys,ery.

REPORTERS TRYING TO CLEAR 1T UP-MORE IDENTIFI-
CATIONS OF THE DEAD GIRI-A DANISH GIRL Or A
SCOTCH LASsIE.
Jdentihcations Of the murdered girl at Railway
continue. Yesterday the New York Wortd pub
lShed long story the result of the work OF its
reporters. The World claims that the Railway
victim is most likely Ana Christine Larsen, a
Danish girl who came here from her home On
March 2 last, in quest OF a former lover, Carl
Wolf, with the hope that he would repair wrong
she asserted he had done her. She was directed
by an acquaintance 10 look for him at Perth Am
boy and there she presumably went. Since this
acquaintance parted with her IL Il not known that
She has since been seen by any soul who kne W
upon the farm OF Count de ZaeSki sculptor.
This place Is located within three miles of the
spot where her body was found. He suddenly left
his employment two days before the murder,
stating he was going to Texas. The body OF the
girl positively identified three days after the
murder as that OF Ana Larsen by Two persons who
knew her well, but who believed that She was still
in Denmark. They held their peace because they
feared that Identification might cause possibly
uniounded suspicion against the man who II
the victim was Ana Larsen, was most likely to
know the cause OF her death. So they wrote TO her
parents. They have not yet had time TO receive an
answer Count Zalesd, however, three days after
the murder, identifed the dead girl as Ana Larsen
who had formerly been in his employ. Count
ZaleSk1 was chief OF police of the insurrectionsts
OF Poland The count states that the woman first
appeared here two years ago, and that Carl Wolf
went TO New York 10 meet her at Castle Garden.
the WOindl Was dIUer MIN. Inpy returned
10 the counts house, saying they Were married,
and lived there for time, until the count learned
that they were not married. They then leo a
rowing lie until Carl to get rid OF her, went to
Chicago and his friends told the girl that Carl had
returned 10 Europe. She then went back to Dem
marx. From that time the count saw nothing Of
her until he identified the Railway victim as her.
Well cannot be found and 1t is not even definitely
known that he is in Texas.
ANOTHER POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION
a special 10 the New York Mail and Express
says: ''Mrs. VIM Space, Of Deckertown, Saturday
morning positively identified the murdered girl as
her sister, Mary D0rman. There Is no doubt OF
the Identification. IL IS admitted by the officers
and cOrOnerS Before seeing the body Mrs. Space
described il perfectly, and gave complete ac-
count OF the scar which is Just below the right
knee She said the scar was caused by cut from
sickle while her sister was cutting weeds some
ten years ago In scotland, and after she gave the
description Mrs. Space was allowed To see the re-
mains She tainted when she looked on the body
The story OF Mary Dorman Will be traced back to
her arrival in this country"
NO CLUE YET.
a Railway special to the Philadelphia Press last
night says: The New York World story has been
FOUND TO be untrue In several important particu-
lars; that of did not leave two days before the
murder, but nearly ten, and sailed for Galveston
on the steamer State OF Texas also that the fden-
tincatlOn by Mrs Space, or DeckertOwn, was so
complete that some result was hoped for from it.
but the police saw that she was in error before
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